Limb pocket assembly for an archery bow

ABSTRACT

An improved archery bow includes an improved limb pocket assembly. When properly assembled, the limb pocket assembly includes a generally rectangular pocket body, at least one elongated bow limb, and at least one cylindrical fastener for aligning and securing the limb within the pocket body. When fully assembled, a limb screw positions the limb pocket assembly on the riser and secures the limb pocket to the riser of the archery bow. The limb pocket assembly disclosed herein substantially eliminates movement or shifting of the limbs within the pocket while shooting the bow and between shots, thereby providing a user with increased accuracy while shooting the bow.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to and hereby incorporates in itsentirety U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/754,570 entitled“LIMB POCKET ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHERY BOW” filed on Nov. 1, 2018.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of archery. Morespecifically, the present invention relates to an improved limb pocketassembly for an archery bow.

In most modern compound bows, an assembly known as a “limb pocket” isused to secure each limb of the bow to a riser of the bow at opposingends of the riser. A major drawback of currently available limb pocketsis that they permit the limbs to move and shift within the pocket duringoperation of the bow, which negatively effects accuracy while shootingthe bow. This is particularly true for split limb bow designs.Accordingly, what is needed are improvements in archery bows.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aspects of the present invention provide an improved archery bowincludes an improved limb pocket assembly. When properly assembled, thelimb pocket assembly includes a generally rectangular pocket body, atleast one elongated bow limb, and at least one cylindrical fastener foraligning and securing the limb within the pocket body. When fullyassembled, a limb screw positions the limb pocket assembly on the riserand secures the limb pocket to the riser of the archery bow. The limbpocket assembly disclosed herein substantially eliminates movement orshifting of the limbs within the pocket while shooting the bow andbetween shots, thereby providing a user with increased accuracy whileshooting the bow.

In one aspect, a limb pocket body for an archery bow includes a channel,a limb screw, and a lateral hole. The channel is recessed into a lowersurface of the body. The channel is configured to receive a limb and ofa limb such that the limb received therein extends rearward when thelimb pocket body is in the upright position and installed on a riser ofthe archery bow. The limb screw hole extends generally verticallythrough the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in an uprightposition. The limb screw hole is configured to receive a riser screw.The riser screw secures the limb pocket body to a first end of the riserwhen the riser screw is installed in the limb pocket body and riser. Thelateral hole extends inwardly from the channel. The lateral hole isconfigured to threadingly engage a cylindrical fastener to align thelimb in within the channel. The lateral hole extends generallyhorizontally when the limb pocket body is in the upright position.

In another embodiment, a limb pocket assembly includes a limb pocketbody for an archery bow and a cylindrical fastener. The limb pocket bodyfor an archery bow includes a channel, a limb screw, and a lateral hole.The channel is recessed into a lower surface of the body. The channel isconfigured to receive a limb and of a limb such that the limb receivedtherein extends rearward when the limb pocket body is in the uprightposition and installed on a riser of the archery bow. The limb screwhole extends generally vertically through the limb pocket body when thelimb pocket body is in an upright position. The limb screw hole isconfigured to receive a riser screw. The riser screw secures the limbpocket body to a first end of the riser when the riser screw isinstalled in the limb pocket body and riser. The lateral hole extendsinwardly from the channel. The lateral hole is configured to threadinglyengage the cylindrical fastener to align the limb in within the channel.The lateral hole extends generally horizontally when the limb pocketbody is in the upright position.

In another aspect, and archery bow includes a limb pocket assembly, ariser, a bowstring, a cam system, and a limb. The limb pocket assemblyincludes a limb pocket body for an archery bow and a cylindricalfastener. The limb pocket body for an archery bow includes a channel, alimb screw, and a lateral hole. The channel is recessed into a lowersurface of the body. The channel is configured to receive a limb and ofa limb such that the limb received therein extends rearward when thelimb pocket body is in the upright position and installed on a riser ofthe archery bow. The limb screw hole extends generally verticallythrough the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in an uprightposition. The limb screw hole is configured to receive a riser screw.The riser screw secures the limb pocket body to a first end of the riserwhen the riser screw is installed in the limb pocket body and riser. Thelateral hole extends inwardly from the channel. The lateral hole isconfigured to threadingly engage the cylindrical fastener to align thelimb in within the channel. The lateral hole extends generallyhorizontally when the limb pocket body is in the upright position. Theriser is configured to receive the riser screw to secure the limb pocketassembly thereto. The cam system is configured to receive the bowstringand to secure to the limb opposite the limb pocket body. The limb isconfigured to connect between the limb pocket body and the cam system tosupport the cam system.

Numerous other objects, advantages and features of the presentdisclosure will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art upon areview of the following drawings and description of a preferredembodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded isometric view of a limb pocket assembly for anarchery bow showing a bow limb positioned for insertion into a channeldefined in the body of the limb pocket, and a cylindrical fastenerpositioned for insertion through the limb into the limb pocket body toalign and retain the limb in the channel according to one embodiment ofthe invention.

FIG. 2 is an assembled isometric view of the limb pocket assembly ofFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a left side perspective view of the limb pocket body shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the limb pocket body of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a side perspective view of an archery bow including a pair ofopposing limb pocket assemblies (as shown in FIG. 1) according to oneembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a top isometric view of an archer bow including the limbpocket assembly of FIG. 1.

Reference will now be made in detail to optional embodiments of theinvention, examples of which are illustrated in accompanying drawings.Whenever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawingand in the description referring to the same or like parts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

While the making and using of various embodiments of the presentinvention are discussed in detail below, it should be appreciated thatthe present invention provides many applicable inventive concepts thatcan be embodied in a wide variety of specific contexts. The specificembodiments discussed herein are merely illustrative of specific ways tomake and use the invention and do not delimit the scope of theinvention.

To facilitate the understanding of the embodiments described herein, anumber of terms are defined below. The terms defined herein havemeanings as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in theareas relevant to the present invention. Terms such as “a,” “an,” and“the” are not intended to refer to only a singular entity, but ratherinclude the general class of which a specific example may be used forillustration. The terminology herein is used to describe specificembodiments of the invention, but their usage does not delimit theinvention, except as set forth in the claims.

As described herein, an upright position is considered to be theposition of apparatus components while in proper operation or in anatural resting position as described herein. As used herein, theupright position of a modern compound archery bow is when held by a userin a vertical orientation ready to draw and/or release. The uprightposition of the limb pocket assembly is when installed at a top end of ariser of a compound bow. It is contemplated within the scope of theclaims that top and bottom and left and right would be reversed for thelimb pocket assembly at the lower end of the riser. As used herein,archery bow refers to modern compound single limb or split limb bows ora compound crossbow. The upright position of a crossbow as describedherein is when held by a user generally vertically (i.e., sideways) suchthat one limb pocket assembly is the upper limb pocket assembly and alimb pocket assembly attached to the opposing end of a riser of thecrossbow is the lower limb pocket assembly. It is contemplated withinthe scope of the claims that top and bottom and left and right would bereversed for the limb pocket assembly at the lower end of the riser. Theupper and lower limb pocket assemblies can be interchanged on archerybows (i.e., bows and crossbows) such that orientations are simplyreversed (except front to back) for upper and lower limb pocketassemblies. Forward is generally the direction in which a projectile ispropelled from the archery bow when shot, and rearward is generallytoward a user shooting the archery bow. Vertical, horizontal, above,below, side, top, bottom and other orientation terms are described withrespect to this upright position and with respect to the upper limbpocket assembly during operation unless otherwise specified. The term“when” is used to specify orientation for relative positions ofcomponents, not as a temporal limitation of the claims or apparatusdescribed and claimed herein unless otherwise specified. The terms“above”, “below”, “over”, and “under” mean “having an elevation orvertical height greater or lesser than” and are not intended to implythat one object or component is directly over or under another object orcomponent.

The phrase “in one embodiment,” as used herein does not necessarilyrefer to the same embodiment, although it may. Conditional language usedherein, such as, among others, “can,” “might,” “may,” “e.g.,” and thelike, unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understoodwithin the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certainembodiments include, while other embodiments do not include, certainfeatures, elements and/or states. Thus, such conditional language is notgenerally intended to imply that features, elements and/or states are inany way required for one or more embodiments or that one or moreembodiments necessarily include logic for deciding, with or withoutoperator input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/orstates are included or are to be performed in any particular embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 1-6, one embodiment of a limb pocket assembly 10 foran archery bow 100 is shown. The limb pocket assembly 10 includes agenerally rectangular limb pocket body 12 and at least one cylindricalfastener 16 for aligning and securing a limb 14 within the pocket body12. In some embodiments, the limb pocket assembly 10 also includes alimb screw or riser screw 103 for securing the limb pocket assembly 10to a riser 105 of an archery bow 100.

The limb pocket body 12 for the archery bow 100 includes a channel 30, alimb screw hole 32, and a lateral hole 34. The channel 30 is recessedinto a lower surface 20 of the body 12. The channel 30 is configured toreceive a limb and of a limb 14 such that the limb 14 received there andextends rearward when the limb pocket body 12 is in the upright positionand installed on the riser 105 of the archery bow 100. The limb screwhole 32 extends generally vertically through the limb pocket body 12when the limb pocket body 12 is in the upright position. The limb screwhole 32 is configured to receive the limb screw or riser screw 103. Theriser screw 103 secures the limb pocket body 12 to a first end of theriser 105 when the riser screw 103 is installed in the limb pocket body12 and riser 105. The lateral hole 34 extends inwardly from the channel30 into a central portion 36 of the limb pocket body 12. The lateralhole 34 is configured to threateningly engage the cylindrical fastener16 to align the limb and of the limb 14 within the channel 30. Thelateral hole 34 extends generally horizontally when the limb pocket body12 is in the upright position.

In one embodiment, the limb pocket body 12 further includes a slot 38through a side of the limb pocket body 12, the side defining an outerwall 115 of the channel 30. The slot 38 is configured to receive thecylindrical fastener 16 therethrough. In one embodiment, the slot 38 issized to match a barrel 16 of the cylindrical fastener 16 such that thecylindrical fastener 16 is held in a double shear arrangement via theslot 38 in the outer wall 115 of the channel 30 and the lateral hole 34when the cylindrical fastener 16 is properly assembled in the limbpocket body 12. In one embodiment, the slot 38 and lateral hole 34 areforward of the limb screw hole 32.

In one embodiment, the channel 30 is narrower near an upper surface 18of the limb pocket body 12 and at a lower surface 20 of the limb pocketbody 12. In one embodiment, an inner wall 113 of the channel 30 extendsgenerally vertically when the limb pocket body 12 is in the uprightposition. In this embodiment, the outer wall 115 of the channel 30opposite the inner wall 113 of the channel 30 is closer to the innerwall 113 near the upper surface 18 than at the lower surface 20 of thelimb pocket body 12. This narrowing channel serves to keep the limbs 14aligned along the inner wall 113 of the pocket body 12 to increaseaccuracy of the archery bow 100.

In one embodiment, the channel 30 is a first channel at a right side 28of the limb pocket body 12 when the limb pocket body 12 is in theupright position (and installed on an upper end of the riser 105). Thelimb screw hole 32 centered right to left within a central portion 36 ofthe limb pocket body 12 when the limb pocket body 12 is in the uprightposition. The limb end is a first limb end, the cylindrical fastener 16is a first cylindrical fastener, and the lateral hole 34 is a firstlateral hole extending right to left when limb pocket body 12 is in theupright position. In one embodiment, the limb pocket body 12 furtherincludes a second channel 30 at a left side 26 of the limb pocket body12. The second channel 30 is configured to receive a second limb end.The second limb end may be a second limb end of the first limb 14 or alimb end of a second limb. That is, the archery bow 100 may be set upfor a single limb at each end of the riser 105, or the archery bow 100may be set up for dual limbs at either end of the riser 105 (i.e. fourlimbs total). A second lateral hole 34 extends inwardly from the secondchannel 30. The second lateral hole 34 is configured to threateninglyengage a second cylindrical fastener 16 to align the second limb andwithin the second channel 30. The lateral hole 34 extends generallyhorizontally left to right into the central portion 36 of the limbpocket body 12 when the limb pocket body 12 is in the upright position.In one embodiment, the upper surface 18 of the limb pocket body 12extends further rearward between the first and second channels 30 thanat the right side 28 and the left side 26 of the limb pocket body 12.That is, the central portion 36 of the limb pocket body 12 extendsfurther rearward than the left side 26 and right side 28 of the limbpocket body 12.

In one embodiment, an archery bow 100 includes the limb pocket assembly(i.e., limb pocket body 12 and cylindrical retainer 16), the riser 105,the bowstring 130, a cam system 133, and a plurality of limbs 14. Theriser 105 is configured to receive the riser screw 103 to secure thelimb pocket assembly 10 thereto. The cam system 133 is configured toreceive the bowstring 130 and secure to the limb 14 opposite the limbpocket body 12. The limb 14 is configured to connect between the limbpocket body 12 and the cam system 133. In one embodiment, the archerybow 100 further includes a bow sight 150 configured to attach to theriser 105.

In one embodiment, the pocket body 12 includes an upper surface 18, alower surface 20 opposite the upper surface, a front side 22, a backside 24 opposite the front side, a left side 26, and a right side 28opposite the left side. Defined in the lower surface 20 is a pair ofchannels 30 in which a portion (i.e., an end) of a bow limb 14 isreceivable. It should be understood that the portion of the bow limb 14that is receivable in the channels 30 is the end of the bow limb 14 thatis opposite the end to which the cam system 133 is attachable. It shouldalso be understood that while the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-6 isdepicted as having a pair of channels 30, in other embodiments, thelower surface 20 may have only a single channel 30. In each embodiment,the channel or channels 30 extend through the back side 24 of the pocketbody 12. Additionally, while the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-6 depictsthe front side 22 of the pocket body 12 as being solid, in otherembodiments, the channel or channels 30 may extend through the frontside 22 of the pocket body 12 in the same way shown for the back side 24in FIGS. 1-6.

The pocket body 12 also includes a limb screw hole 32 in which the limbscrew or riser screw 103 is receivable. The limb screw hole 32 extendsthrough the body 12 from the upper surface 18 to the lower surface 20 atan angle substantially perpendicular to the working surface of the limb14 when the limb is received in channel 30. The portion of the limbscrew hole 32 near the upper surface 18 of the pocket body 12 can alsoinclude a countersink or chamfer 34. When the bow limbs 14 are receivedin the channels 30 as exemplified in FIG. 2, the limb screw 103 can beinserted through the limb screw hole 32 and threaded into a coaxial holein an underlying riser 105 to secure the pocket body 12 and bow limbs 14to the riser 105.

The pocket body 12 also includes at least one lateral hole 34 in whichthe cylindrical fastener 16 is receivable. The at least one lateral hole34 extends into at least a portion of the central portion 36 of the body12 defined by the pair of channels 30, as best shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.In some embodiments, the at least one lateral hole 34 is one lateralhole that extends completely through the central portion 36. In otherembodiments, the at least one lateral hole 34 is two opposing lateralholes defined in opposite sides of central portion 36, as shown in FIG.4. In some embodiments, the lateral hole(s) 34 can be threaded, while inother embodiments, the lateral hole(s) can have a smooth bore. In asmooth bore embodiment, the cylindrical fastener 16 would extend throughthe pair of limbs 14, and through the central portion 36 of the pocketbody 12 and be secured by a fastener at one or both ends of thecylindrical fastener 16.

The left and right sides 26, 28 of the pocket body 12 include one ormore slots 38 defined therein. The slots 38 are concentrically alignedwith lateral hole 34 in central portion 36 of the pocket body 12.

Additionally, the proximal end of the bow limb 14 that is receivable inthe channel 30 is provided with a lateral alignment hole 40 extendingthrough the limb from side to side, as best shown in FIG. 1.

To assemble the limb pocket assembly 10, the limb 14 is placed in thechannel 30 of the pocket body 12 as shown in FIG. 2 and the cylindricalfastener 16 is inserted through the slot 38 in left side 26 of the body,then through the lateral alignment hole 40 in limb 14, and finally intothe lateral hole 34 in central portion 36 of pocket body 12 to align andretain the limb 14 within the channel 30. This arrangement closelyaligns the limb 14 against the machined surfaces of the channel 30, andthereby simultaneously eliminates limb movement and secures the limb 14to the pocket body 12.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-2, the cylindrical fastener 16 is athreaded bolt with a hex socket head. However, in other embodiments, thecylindrical fastener 16 can be a bolt, screw, pin, dowel, or othersimilar device that can be used to align and retain the limb 14 in thechannel 30 of the pocket body 12. It should be noted that slots 38 canbe sized to receive the head of the cylindrical fastener 16 so that thehead does not protrude beyond the exterior surface of either side 26, 28of the pocket body 12 when the fastener 16 is received in lateral holes34 and 40.

This written description uses examples to disclose the invention andalso to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention,including making and using any devices or systems and performing anyincorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is definedby the claims, and may include other examples that occur to thoseskilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within thescope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differfrom the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalentstructural elements with insubstantial differences from the literallanguages of the claims

It will be understood that the particular embodiments described hereinare shown by way of illustration and not as limitations of theinvention. The principal features of this invention may be employed invarious embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize numerous equivalentsto the specific procedures described herein. Such equivalents areconsidered to be within the scope of this invention and are covered bythe claims.

All of the compositions and/or methods disclosed and claimed herein maybe made and/or executed without undue experimentation in light of thepresent disclosure. While the compositions and methods of this inventionhave been described in terms of the embodiments included herein, it willbe apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that variations may beapplied to the compositions and/or methods and in the steps or in thesequence of steps of the method described herein without departing fromthe concept, spirit, and scope of the invention. All such similarsubstitutes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art aredeemed to be within the spirit, scope, and concept of the invention asdefined by the appended claims.

Thus, although there have been described particular embodiments of thepresent invention of a new and useful LIMB POCKET ASSEMBLY FOR ANARCHERY BOW it is not intended that such references be construed aslimitations upon the scope of this invention except as set forth in thefollowing claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A limb pocket body for an archery bow, said limb pocket body comprising: a channel recessed into a lower surface of the body, said channel configured to receive a limb end of a limb such that the limb received therein extends rearward when the limb pocket body is in an upright position and installed on a riser of the archery bow; a limb screw hole extending generally vertically through the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, wherein: the limb screw hole is configured to receive a riser screw; and the riser screw secures the limb pocket body to a first end of the riser when the riser screw is installed in the limb pocket body and riser; and a lateral hole extending inwardly from the channel, said lateral hole configured to engage a cylindrical fastener to align the limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally when the limb pocket body is in the upright position.
 2. The limb pocket body of claim 1, wherein: the channel is a first channel at a right side of the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb screw hole is centered right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb end is a first limb end, the cylindrical fastener is a first cylindrical fastener, and the lateral hole is a first lateral hole extending right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, and wherein the limb pocket body further comprises: a second channel at a left side of the limb pocket body, said second channel configured to receive a second limb end; and a second lateral hole extending inwardly from the second channel, said second lateral hole configured to engage a second cylindrical fastener to align the second limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally left to right into the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position.
 3. The limb pocket body of claim 1, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outside wall of the channel, wherein the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough.
 4. The limb pocket body of claim 1, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outer wall of the channel, wherein: the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough; the slot is sized to match a barrel of the cylindrical fastener such that the cylindrical fastener is held in a double sheer arrangement via the slot in the outer wall of the channel and the lateral hole when the cylindrical fastener is properly assembled in the limb pocket body; and the slot and lateral hole are forward of a central axis of the limb screw hole.
 5. The limb pocket body of claim 1, wherein: the channel is narrower near an upper surface of the limb pocket body than at a lower surface of the limb pocket body.
 6. The limb pocket body of claim 1, wherein: the channel is narrower near an upper surface of the limb pocket body than at a lower surface of the limb pocket body; an inner wall of the channel is generally vertical when the limb pocket body is in the upright position; and an outer wall of the channel opposite the inner wall of the channel is closer to the inner wall near the upper surface of the limb pocket body than at the lower surface of the limb pocket body.
 7. The limb pocket body of claim 2, wherein: an upper surface of the limb pocket body extends further rearward between the first and second channels than at the right side and the left side of the limb pocket body.
 8. A limb pocket assembly comprising: a limb pocket body for an archery bow, said limb pocket body comprising: a channel recessed into a lower surface of the body, said channel configured to receive a limb end of a limb such that the limb received therein extends rearward when the limb pocket body is in an upright position and installed on a riser of the archery bow; a limb screw hole extending generally vertically through the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, wherein: the limb screw hole is configured to receive a riser screw; and the riser screw secures the limb pocket body to a first end of the riser when the riser screw is installed in the limb pocket body and riser; and a lateral hole extending inwardly from the channel, said lateral hole configured to engage a cylindrical fastener to align the limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally when the limb pocket body is in the upright position; and the cylindrical fastener.
 9. The limb pocket assembly of claim 8, wherein: the channel is a first channel at a right side of the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb screw hole is centered right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb end is a first limb end, the cylindrical fastener is a first cylindrical fastener, and the lateral hole is a first lateral hole extending right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, and wherein the limb pocket body further comprises: a second channel at a left side of the limb pocket body, said second channel configured to receive a second limb end; a second lateral hole extending inwardly from the second channel, said second lateral hole configured to engage a second cylindrical fastener to align the second limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally left to right into the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position
 10. The limb pocket assembly of claim 8, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outside wall of the channel, wherein the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough; and the limb pocket assembly further comprises the riser screw.
 11. The limb pocket assembly of claim 8, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outer wall of the channel, wherein: the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough; the slot is sized to match a barrel of the cylindrical fastener such that the cylindrical fastener is held in a double sheer arrangement via the slot in the outer wall of the channel and the lateral hole when the cylindrical fastener is properly assembled in the limb pocket body; and the slot and lateral hole are forward of a central axis of the limb screw hole.
 12. The limb pocket assembly of claim 8, wherein: the channel is narrower near an upper surface of the limb pocket body than at a lower surface of the limb pocket body.
 13. The limb pocket assembly of claim 8, wherein: the channel is narrower near an upper surface of the limb pocket body than at a lower surface of the limb pocket body; an inner wall of the channel is generally vertical when the limb pocket body is in the upright position; and
 14. The limb pocket assembly of claim 9, wherein: an upper surface of the limb pocket body extends further rearward between the first and second channels than at the right side and the left side of the limb pocket body.
 15. The limb pocket assembly of claim 9 further comprising the limb.
 16. An archery bow comprising: a limb pocket assembly comprising: a limb pocket body for an archery bow, said limb pocket body comprising: a channel recessed into a lower surface of the body, said channel configured to receive a limb end of a limb such that the limb received therein extends rearward when the limb pocket body is in an upright position and installed on a riser of the archery bow; a limb screw hole extending generally vertically through the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, wherein: the limb screw hole is configured to receive a riser screw; and the riser screw secures the limb pocket body to a first end of the riser when the riser screw is installed in the limb pocket body and riser; and a lateral hole extending inwardly from the channel, said lateral hole configured to engage a cylindrical fastener to align the limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally when the limb pocket body is in the upright position; and the cylindrical fastener; the riser configured to receive the riser screw to secure the limb pocket assembly thereto; a bow string; a cam system configured to receive the bow string, said cam system configured to secure to the limb opposite the limb pocket body; and the limb configured to connect between the limb pocket body and the cam system.
 17. The archery bow of claim 16, wherein: the channel is a first channel at a right side of the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb screw hole is centered right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, the limb end is a first limb end, the cylindrical fastener is a first cylindrical fastener, and the lateral hole is a first lateral hole extending right to left when the limb pocket body is in the upright position, and wherein the limb pocket body further comprises: a second channel at a left side of the limb pocket body, said second channel configured to receive a second limb end of a second limb; a second lateral hole extending inwardly from the second channel, said second lateral hole configured to engage a second cylindrical fastener to align the second limb end within the channel, wherein the lateral hole extends generally horizontally left to right into the limb pocket body when the limb pocket body is in the upright position; and the archery bow further comprises the second limb and the second cylindrical faster.
 18. The archery bow of claim 16, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outside wall of the channel, wherein the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough; and the limb pocket assembly further comprises the riser screw.
 19. The archery bow of claim 16, wherein: the limb pocket body further comprises a slot through a side of the limb pocket body, said side defining an outer wall of the channel, wherein: the slot is configured to receive the cylindrical fastener therethrough; the slot is sized to match a barrel of the cylindrical fastener such that the cylindrical fastener is held in a double sheer arrangement via the slot in the outer wall of the channel and the lateral hole when the cylindrical fastener is properly assembled in the limb pocket body; and the slot and lateral hole are forward of a central axis of the limb screw hole.
 20. The archery bow of claim 16 wherein: the limb pocket assembly is a first limb pocket assembly; the bow further comprises a second limb pocket assembly configured to secure to the riser at a second of the riser opposite the first end of the riser, said second limb pocket assembly being inverted with respect to the first limb pocket assembly when the bow is in the upright position; the bow further comprises another limb configured to connect between the second limb pocket assembly and the cam system; and a bow sight configured to attach to the riser. 